Riley Kucheran Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information Riley Kucheran Assistant Professor of Design Leadership, School of Fashion; Associate Director, Saagajiwe Centre for Indigenous Communication and Design; Indigenous Advisor, Yeates School of Graduate Studies

Cell Phone: 416-702-7804 Office Phone: 4 16-979-5000 Ex. 543632

Work Email: [email protected] Person Email: r [email protected]

Home Address: 5 Graham Cres., Marathon ON PO Box 754, P0T 2E0 Office Address: R ogers Communication Centre, 80 Gould Street, , , M5B 2K3

Social Media: @ rskucheran Website: h ttps://www.ryerson.ca/fashion/about/full-time-faculty/Riley-Kucheran/

(In reverse chronological order):

Education Ph.D. Communication & Culture, Ryerson & , 2017-Ongoing M.A. Communication & Culture, Ryerson & York University, 2015-2017 B.A. Arts & Contemporary Studies, , 2011-2015

Academic Papers & Published Works “On Avoiding a Re-Colonizing Fashion Studies” I nternational Journal of Fashion Studies, Forthcoming. “Luxury and Indigenous Resurgence” in an edited collection by the C anadian Critical Luxury Collective. Intellect Books. Forthcoming. “A Framework for Truth & Reconciliation.” Yeates School of Graduate Studies. February 2020. ryerson.ca/content/dam/graduate/indigenous-graduate-education/FTR_Report_YSGS_2020.pdf “Luxury Place-making in the City.” C ultural Politics 14 (3): 410-412. Duke University Press. November 2018 “Maadaadizi ( To Start a Journey): Strategies for Indigenous Luxury Fashion Designers,” Unpublished Masters Thesis. August 2017.

Service Academic Canadian Association of Graduate Studies, Reconciliation Task Force, Member May 2021-Ongoing Canadian Critical Luxury Collective, Organizing Committee, Member S pring 2017-Ongoing 1

Academic: Ryerson University Indigenous Natural Dye Garden Exploratory Committee, Organizing Member April 2021-Ongoing Indigenous Studies Faculty Exploratory Committee, Member January 2021-Ongoing MashKohWeeKahPoohWin (Standing Strong) Task Force, Member October 2020-Ongoing Fashion Zone Indigenous Fashion Support Program, Mentor. September 2020-Ongoing Faculty Committee: Recruitment & Alumni Relations, Member August 2020-Ongoing Faculty Committee: Undergraduate Curriculum, Member August 2020-Ongoing Faculty Committee: FRC Acquisitions & Governance, Member August 2020-Ongoing Faculty Committee: Graduate Curriculum & Admissions, Member August 2020-Ongoing Faculty Committee: Black Fashion Student Association, Member August 2020-Ongoing Indigneous Studies Originating Committee, Member February 2020-Ongoing President’s Kitchen Cabinet Advisory Committee, Member October 2019-Feb. 2020 Indigenous Faculty Originating Committee, Member February 2019-Ongoing Indigenous Graduate Student Leadership Circle, Founding Member January 2019-Jan 2020 Indigenous Space, TRC Sub-Committee, Member January 2019-Ongoing Senate, Indigenous Senator September 2019-May 2021 Senate, Graduate Student Senator September 2018-Ongoing Social Justice Week Working Group, Member June 2018-Jan 2020 Pow Wow Committee, Lead Organizer June 2018- Ongoing Two-Spirit Queer Learning Circle, Organizer June 2018 Search Committee for Vice-Provost Students, Member May 2018-Oct. 2018 Truth & Reconciliation Strategic Plan Working Group Member March 2018-Ongoing Positive Space Pride Planning Committee Member March 2018-June 2019 Learning & Teaching Office (LTO) Grants Adjudicator February 2018 NAISA 2020 Core Organizing Committee Fall 2017-Spring 2020 Research Ethics Board, Member Fall 2017-Summer 2019 Graduate Studies Student Advisory Panel Member Fall 2017-June 2019 ComCult Students Association Wellness Committee, Co-Founder Fall 2017-Winter 2018 ComCult Students Association Program Executive Liaison Fall 2017-Spring 2018 Aboriginal Education Council Member Spring 2017-Ongoing Congress 2017 Indigenous Programming Committee Member Fall 2016-Spring 2017 Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement Volunteer Winter 2017-Spring 2018 Intersections-Cross Sections Graduate Conference Peer Reviewer Winter 2017 FFC 800 Senior Capstone Project Judge Winter 2017 ComCult Graduate Students Association CUPE 3904 Steward Fall 2016-Spring 2017

Community: Toronto & Biigtigong Biigtigong Debenjigan, Board Member January 2021-Ongoing Biigtigong Nishnaabeg CDE Committee, Member November 2020-Ongoing Citizens for Responsible Industry in Northern Ontario October 2020-Ongoing Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto, Board Member September 2020-Ongoing 2

EntrepreNorth Indigenous Business Incubator, Program Mentor September 2020-May 2021 Gchi-Waaswaaganing, Online Project, Researcher August 2020-Ongoing Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Mouth of the Pic Committee, Member July 2020-Ongoing Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Cultivation Group, Founding Member May 2020-Ongoing Toronto’s Vital Signs Report 2019, Toronto Foundation, Advisor September 2019-Oct. 2019 Two Spirit Queer Beading Circle, Organizing Member September 2019-Jan 2020 Activating the TD Indigenous Art Gallery Committee, Member April 2019-Jan 2020 Post-secondary Decolonizing Committee Member December 2018-Jan 2020 Native Canadian Centre of Toronto Native American and Indigenous Studies Association 2020 Spring 2018-May 2020 Host Committee Member & Chair of Ryerson Committee Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto, Panel Moderator May 2018-June 2018 Toronto Indigenous Business Association, Organizing Member April 2018-Jan 2020 National Two-Spirit Reconciliation Group, Member January 2018-Jan 2020 NaMaRes Native Men’s Shelter, Director & Vice-President Summer 2017-Jan 2020 Shades of Our Sisters MMIW Exhibit Volunteer Winter 2017

Graduate Student Supervision & Reading “Luxury Title” Bianca Zanotti MA MRP Primary Supervisor, Ryerson University Spring 2021-ongoing “Sustainability Title” Emily Dugas MA MRP Second Reader, Ryerson University Spring 2021-ongoing “Boujee Natives: Indigenous identity through fashion and history” Rebecca Lyons PhD Dissertation Committee Member, Fall 2020-Ongoing

Academic Experience & Professional Development for currency + Needs updating (import from LTO + HR registrations on my.ryerson) GRADTalks: Leadership Skills—From Scholar to Influencer, Ryerson University, Feb. 2019 Poo’miikapi Shawl & Quilt Workshop with Otahpiaaki Indigo Dye, Mount Royal University, Nov. 2018 The Meeting Place: Understanding Indigenous History in Toronto, Ryerson LTO seminar, Nov. 2018 Dechinta Centre for Research & Learning, semester program, October 2018 Office of Aboriginal Initiatives Professional Development Day, July 2018 Healing and 2-Spirit Youth Services Workshop, Sherbourne Health Centre, July 2018 Land-Based Education Workshop, OISE, March 2018 Love + Leadership Conference, Toronto Indigenous Youth Collective, March 2018. Ethics in Indigenous Research Workshop, York University, March 2018. Yethisotha Karahkwa: 13 Grandmother Moons Teachings, McMaster University, 2018. 42nd Annual Elders and Traditional Peoples Gathering, Trent University, March 2018 Summit for Mentoring Indigenous Graduate Students, OISE, February 2018 Understanding Anishinaabe History Through Wampum Belts, Ryerson LTO seminar, October 2017 3

How to Review Research Ethics Protocols, NCEHR workshop, McMaster University October 2017 Indigenous Self-Determination, Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning, Summer 2017 CILT 100: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Chang School, Spring 2017. Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education, University of British Columbia MOOC, Winter 2017 Indigenizing the 5 Pillars of Ryerson Student Affairs, Winter 2017 Indigenous Pedagogy for Student Engagement in Post-Secondary, Ryerson LTO seminar, March 2017 Teachable Moments in Transgender and Non-Binary Inclusion, Ryerson LTO seminar, March 2017 Supporting Trans and Non-Binary Students, Ryerson LTO seminar, Feb 2017 Indigenous Perspectives and Content in Curricula, Ryerson LTO seminar, Feb 2017

Academic Conferences & Events The Modernist Studies Association Annual Conference “ Indigenous Modernisms” (Invited Keynote Roundtable). October 2019. Conference Board of Canada C ouncil on Inclusive Work Environments. 2019 Conference. (Invited Panelist). October 2019. NAISA (Native American and Indigenous Studies Association) 2019 Gathering. F ashioning Reconciliation: Decolonizing the Fashion System and Mobilizing Indigenous Resurgence in Canada. (Panelist). Aotearoa/New Zealand. June 2019. New Zealand Fashion Week: International Indigenous Solidarity Panel. (Invited Panelist). June 2019. Together, Apart: Queer Indigeneities: V ancouver Two Spirit Queer Gathering. (Invited Guest and Moderator). April 2019. Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning. D enendeh Land and Solidarity Gathering. (Invited Guest and Speaker). April 2019. NeMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association) 2019 convention. D ecolonizing Methodologies in Fashion and Luxury Studies. (Panelist). March 2019. GRADShowcase, Yeates School of Graduate Studies. M oving Towards Shpi-Gkinoohmaadiiwgaming (Advanced-Higher Education): Reconciling, Indigenizing, and Decolonizing(?) Graduate Education ( Invited Keynote). August 2018. NeMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association) 2018 convention. T he Spaces and Places of Indigenous Luxury. (Panelist). April 2018. Canadian Roots Exchange: Cultural Appropriation and Art-based Acts of Resistance (Panelist). January 2018. WIPCE (World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education) 2017 Clothing as Weapon: Dress in Residential School and Fashioning Reconciliation (Talk accepted but declined) July 2017 Nouveau Reach: Past, Present and Future of Luxury C omrags: At the Scenes and Seams of Canadian Luxury Fashion. and The School of Fashion at Ryerson (Speaker) May 2017 Dx3 Canada Retail Innovation Challenge, DeMontigny Boutique, (Finalist) March 2017 Fashioning Reconciliation The School of Fashion at Ryerson University (Panelist), January 2017 18th Annual Indigenous Research Symposium ueen’s University (Attendee) November 2016 Champions for Change Indigenous Education Conference S ix Nations Polytechnic (Attendee) November 2016. 4

Diversity, Empathy & Inclusion in Fashion and Design Ryerson University Centre for Fashion Diversity and Social Change (Attendee) September 2016. The Sharing Economy and the Future of Work Ryerson University Centre for Labour Management Relations (Attendee) June 2016. STORE 2016, 2017 R etail Council of Canada Conference (Attendee, Vendor) June 2016, 2017. In Pursuit of Luxury Conference G raduate Centre of the City University of New York (Attendee) May 2016. Humanities Research Institute S pring Term Symposium: Luxury: Living the High and Low Life B rock University (Attendee) April 2016. NYU Stern Luxury & Retail Club 8th Annual Luxury & Retail Conference: The Future of Retail (Attendee) October 2015.

Invited Talks & Guest Lectures Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning. COVID-19 Web Series: Queering Indigenous Land-Based Education. Invited panelist. March 25, 2021. Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Inclusion. Fashion & Indigenous Cultural Appropriation: A Dialogue with Riley Kucheran. December 1, 2020. Indigneous Fashion Week Toronto: Fashioning Resurgence panel series Moderator. November 26-29, 2020. Research Collective for Decolonizing Fashion Think-Tank, Decolonizing Fashion, Refashioning Objects in the Ethnographic Museum. National Museum of World Cultures, Leiden, Netherlands. November 14-15, 2019. JRN 504: Fashion Journalism: Reporting on Cultural Appropriation. November 21, 2019. RMG 914 Sector Studies (Luxury Management): Indigenous luxury management. October 25, 2019. Toronto Public Library, Toronto ON: Decolonizing Fashion and Mobilizing Indigenous Resurgence (Invited Speaker). February 6, 2019. AP/SOWK 2070: Indigenous Understandings in Social Work Theory and Practice (Invited Guest Lecturer) January 23, 2019 The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity LGBTQ2S+ Service Providers Summit, Ottawa, ON: Indigenous, Two-Spirit, Queer Panel/Learning Circle (Invited Panelist) January 11, 2019. Otahpiaaki Indigenous Beauty, Fashion, and Design Week, Mount Royal University, Calgary AB, (Invited Guest, Panelist, Speaker). November 2018. Office of Sexual Violence Support and Education “MascOff: Masculinity & #MeToo,” Ryerson University, Toronto ON, (Invited Panelist). November 2018 Aboriginal Education Council Student Showcase, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, (Invited Speaker). March 2018. CYC 409-701E Social Research and Evaluation: Indigenous perspectives, School of Child and Youth Care, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, (Invited Lecturer) March 2018 Fashioning Reconciliation: Aboriginal Peoples, Cultural Appropriation & Indigenizing the Fashion Industry. Ryerson School of Fashion, Toronto ON. (Lecturer, panelist). February 2018 CC 8902 MA Methods: Indigenous Methodologies. Ryerson Communication & Culture program, YSGS, Toronto ON, (Guest Lecture). February 2018. 5

FSN 706 Fashion Event Planning: Indigenous Perspectives on Gathering, Ryerson School of Fashion, Toronto, ON, (Consultant). January-April 2018. FSN 707 Research Methods in Fashion: Ethnography and Indigenous Potentials, Ryerson School of Fashion, Toronto, ON, (Guest Lecture). October 2017. FS 8110 Diversity in Fashion: Indigenous Design & Fashioning Reconciliation. Ryerson School of Fashion, Toronto, ON, (Guest Lecture). September 2017. Pride Flag Raising Ceremony: Welcome & Acknowledgements. Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, (Invited Speaker) Congress 2017. Modern Literature & Culture Research Centre “Contested Lands: Canadiana at 150.” Ryerson University, Toronto ON, (Invited Speaker) Congress 2017. Forum for Cultural Strategies: Table discussion with Minister of Canadian Heritage, Mélanie Joly. Ryerson Faculty of Communication & Design, Toronto ON, (Invited Speaker). February 9, 2017.

Media Interviews & Features TVO: ‘Resurgence and brilliance’: How this program is supporting Indigenous fashion. March 29, 2021. https://www.tvo.org/article/resurgence-and-brilliance-how-this-program-is-supporting-indigenous -fashion The : Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto designers are showcasing resistance and resurgence. December 2, 2020. https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/indigenous-fashion-week-toronto-designers-are-showcasing-resi stance-and-resurgence APTN InFocus: Reclaiming our style – Indigenous designers celebrate sustainable and decolonized fashion. November 26, 2020. https://www.aptnnews.ca/infocus/reclaiming-our-style-indigenous-designers-celebrate-sustainable -and-decolonized-fashion/ Ologies: Indigenous Fashionology. November 11, 2020. https://www.alieward.com/ologies/indigenousfashionology CBC News Toronto: Ryerson 2020 Virtual Pow Wow. September 26, 2020. The Peak: What you Wear: An Interview with Riley Kucheran. May 3, 2019. http://peakmag.net/healing-legacies/what-you-wear/ Reuters: From parkas to luxury silk, businesses tackle cultural appropriation. February 8, 2019. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-fashion-retail/from-parkas-to-luxury-silk-businesses-ta ckle-cultural-appropriation-idUSKCN1PX1AV Ryerson University Magazine: Pow Wow returns for 20th anniversary A sunrise ceremony, drumming and dancing. Winter 2019 edition. The : Indigenous designer Angela DeMontigny is ‘centring Canada’s original fashion voice.’ November 29, 2018. h ttps://www.thestar.com/life/fashion_style/2018/11/29/indigenous- designer-angela-demontigny-is-centring-canadas-original-fashion-voice.html Ryerson Today: A Pow Wow spans generations. September 28, 2018. https://www.ryerson.ca/news-events/news/2018/09/a-pow-wow-spans-generations/. The Ryersonian: Ryerson Relaunches Pow Wow After 20-year Hiatus. September 26, 2018. https://ryersonian.ca/ryerson-relaunches-pow-wow-after-20-year-hiatus/. 6

The Eyeopener: Pow Wow at Ryerson Gives Students Opportunity to Celebrate Indigenous Culture. September 22, 2018. h ttps://theeyeopener.com/2018/09/. Anishnaabek News: Ryerson University Yeates School of Graduate Studies appoints first Indigenous Advisor. September 19, 2018. h ttp://anishinabeknews.ca/2018/09/19. Ryerson Today: Ryerson Pow Wow returns Sept. 21 to celebrate 20th anniversary. September 4, 2018. https://www.ryerson.ca/graduate/news-events/2018/09/ryerson-pow-wow/. Huffington Post Canada: Indigenous Luxury Fashion Designers Turn Expectations Upside Down. August 12, 2018. h ttps://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/08/09/indigenous-luxury-fashion- designers-turn-expectations-upside-down_a_23499456/. TVO: Why Indigenous designers want to bring mindfulness to mainstream fashion. July 18, 2018. https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/why-indigenous-designers-want-to-bring-mindfulness-to- mainstream-fashion. CBC with : Plaque installed next to Egerton Ryerson statue. June 26, 2018. h ttps://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/metro-morning/segment/15552717. CBC with Rosanna Deerchild: Indigenous fashion looks beyond fringe, feathers and beads. June 22, 2018. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4713243?__twitter_impression=true. Emerging Indigenous Voices: Indigenizing Fashion. June 10, 2018. http://emergingindigenousvoices.ca/project/indigenizing-fashion/ “Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto is healing and resurgence in action.” T he Conversation. June 11, 2018. h ttp://theconversation.com/indigenous-fashion-week-toronto-is-healing-and-resurgence. “Indigenous Fashion is in Resurgence.” T he KIT, Toronto Star. May 24, 2018. https://thekit.ca/style/indigenous-fashion-cultural-appropriation/. NOW Magazine: Indigenous Fashion Week spotlights progressive designs. May 31, 2018. https://nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/class-action/indigenous-fashion-week/. The Ryersonian: Expressing culture through fashion. April 1, 2018. h ttp://ryersonian.ca/expressing- culture-through-fashion/. CBC News: Cree-Métis designer showcases collection returning from London Fashion week. March 27, 2018. h ttp://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/cree-m%C3%A9tis-designer-showcases-collection- returning-from-london-fashion-week-1.4594470. The Eyeopener: Meet the Ryerson Grad Student bringing Reconciliation to Fashion. March 27, 2018. https://theeyeopener.com/2018/03/meet-the-ryerson-grad-student-bringing-reconciliation-to-. Ryerson Today: Indigenizing Academia. March 22, 2018. h ttps://www.ryerson.ca/news-events/news/ 2018/03/indigenizing-academia/. CBC News: Panel of youth artists to discuss cultural appropriation and artistic resistance. January 9 2018. h ttp://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/cultural-appropriation-panel-youth-artists-1.4478461? cmp=rss. Ryerson University Graduate Studies: Indigenizing Fashion. January 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doqmcnt6b9I. Ryerson University Graduate Studies: Our People https://www.ryerson.ca/graduate/future-students/our-people/indigenizing-fashion/ CRJU 1280 The Scope News at Ryerson: “Cultural Appropriation in Fashion” January 2018. The Charlatan: Fiction in the Fabric: Is Cultural Appropriation Just a Fashion Statement? charlatan.ca/2017/09/fiction-in-the-fabric-is-cultural-appropriation-just-a-fashion-statement/ 7

CBC New Fire: Young and Indigenous in the City. Radio. (Invited Speaker) August 25, 2017. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/newfire/season-finale-young-and-indigenous-in-the-city-1.4181775. Ryerson Today: A healing journey through Indigenous Fashion. July 2017. http://www.ryerson.ca/news-events/news/2017/07/a-healing-journey-through-indigenous- fashion/. The Scope News: Indigenizing Fashion, August 14th daily show. http://www.thescopeatryerson.ca/en/thescope/shows/490/The-Scope-News.htm. Sunshine For Your Sole “Fashion’s trend of Indigenous culture: Fiction in the fabric?” February 2017 http://www.sunshineforyoursole.com/stories/2017/2/24/fashions-trend-of-indigenous-culture- fiction-in-the-fabric. RyersonianTV: RSU elections, Indigenous initiatives at Ryerson and more. https://ryersonian.ca/ryersoniantv-february-9-2017/. 07:00-09:16. Mixed Bag Media, “Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Fashion Industry.” January 31, 2016 http://mixedbagmag.com/2017/01/toronto-fashioning-reconciliation-ryerson-riley-kucheran/. CFRC Kingston Aboriginal Voices Program, “Aboriginal Fashion.” January 2016 The Ryersonian. “Bringing indigenous fashion to Ryerson.” November 9, 2016. http://ryersonian.ca/bringing-indigenous-fashion-to-ryerson/.

Awards & Distinctions 2021 Alan Shepard Employee Award (Faculty category) Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholar, 2019. YSGS Graduate Student Leadership Award: Community Engagement & City Building, 2018 https://www.ryerson.ca/graduate/news-events/2018/10/ysgs-graduate-student-leadership-award Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2018-2021 Rogers Fellowship in Communication & Culture, 2017-2018 Ryerson Graduate Fellowship (RGF), 2017-2018 RBC Emerging Scholar: Spur Toronto Festival, April 2017 Frank H. Hori Award for Aboriginal Students, part of the President’s Awards to Champion Excellence (PACE) December 2016 h ttps://www.ryerson.ca/giving/wheretogive/PACE/pace2018-riley/ by Design Award, Ryerson University, Spring 2015 Deans List, Ryerson University, 2015

Grants Received E-Campus Ontario Virtual Learning Strategy Grant: “The Indigenous Fashion MOOC.” Awarded April 2021 SSHRC Insight Grant: “Mobilizing Creative Entrepreneurship with Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Youth." Not Awarded October 2020. City of Toronto Cultural Heritage Fund: Ryerson University Student Pow Wow 2019. Awarded September 2020. Awarded October 2020. Canadian Heritage Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program, Local Festivals. “Ryerson University Student Pow Wow 2020.” Awarded September 2020. Student Innovation Fund, Ryerson Student Life: Beading Circle. Awarded October 2019. 8

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship. Awarded September 2019-2022. SSHRC Connections Grants: Fashioning Reconciliation Symposium. A warded October 2019. City of Toronto Cultural Heritage Fund: Ryerson University Student Pow Wow 2019. Awarded August 2019. Global Indigenous Solidarity Travel Grant, Yellowhead Institute. Awarded February 2019. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Awarded September 2018-2021. Ryerson Aboriginal Education Council (AEC): Aboriginal Student/Faculty/Staff Support Fund. “Fashioning Reconciliation: A Conversation about Truth & Reconciliation, Cultural Appropriation, and Indigenizing the Fashion Industry.” Awarded N ovember 2018. Yeates School of Graduate Studies: Ryerson Graduate Development Award. Awarded June 2018. Yeates School of Graduate Studies Travel Support/Ryerson Students Union Travel Fund: NEMLA Conference. Awarded April 2018. Ryerson Aboriginal Education Council (AEC): Aboriginal Student/Faculty/Staff Support Fund. “Indigenous Intellectual Property Research” Awarded March 2018. Ryerson Aboriginal Education Council (AEC): Aboriginal Student/Faculty/Staff Support Fund. “Travel Support to Elders Gathering.” Awarded February 2018. Ryerson Aboriginal Education Council (AEC): Aboriginal Student/Faculty/Staff Support Fund. “Fashioning Reconciliation: A Conversation about Truth & Reconciliation, Cultural Appropriation, and Indigenizing the Fashion Industry.” Awarded. N ovember 2017. Ryerson Aboriginal Education Council (AEC): Aboriginal Student/Faculty/Staff Support Fund. “Travel Support to Attend Indigenous Self-Determination at Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning” Awarded July 2017.

Professional Experience Ryerson University Associate Director, S aagajiwe Centre for Indigenous Communication and Design, The Creative School (Formally the Faculty of Communication and Design). July 2020-Ongoing Assistant Professor o f Design Leadership, School of Fashion, The Creative School (Formally the Faculty of Communication and Design). July 2020-Ongoing FSN 203: History of Design, Winter 2021 FSN 502: Small Goods: Leather & Fur, Winter 2021 FDL 140: Managing Fashion Enterprisess, Fall 2020 FS8001: Research Methods, Fall 2020

Lakehead University Contract Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Graduate Studies & Research in Education. ED5537: Indigenous Cultural Production Winter 2019.

Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning Academic Support Worker, Chief Drygeese Territory, Fall 2018-Fall 2019.

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Ryerson University Indigenous Advisor, Office of the Dean & Vice-Provost, Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Toronto, Ontario, Spring 2018-Ongoing. Graduate Student Research Associate, The Centre for Fashion Diversity & Social Change, Toronto, Ontario, Winter 2017-ongoing Graduate Assistant & Research Assistant “Introduction to Fashion Theory,” School of Fashion, Toronto, Ontario Winter 2015-2018. Contract Lecturer “History of the American City” and “U.S. History post-1945,” Department of History, Toronto, Ontario, Winter 2017. Graduate Student Researcher Aboriginal Education Council/School of Fashion, Toronto, Ontario, Fall-Winter 2017. Graduate Assistant & Research Assistant “ History of the American City” and “Sex in the City,” Department of History, Toronto, Ontario, Winter 2016-Fall 2017.

DeMontigny Boutique Field Researcher/ I ntern, Hamilton, Ontario, November 2015-February 2016

ARMED Jewelry Retail Strategist, Toronto, Ontario, May 2015-September 2015

Ralph Lauren Corporation Allocations Specialist, Club Monaco, Toronto Area, August 2014-September 2014 Stock Supervisor, Club Monaco, Scarborough ON, April 2014-August 2014 Merchandising Assistant, Club Monaco, Toronto ON, July 2013-April 2014

Abercrombie & Fitch Corporation Sales Associate Lead, A&F, Toronto Area, August 2012-July 2013 Sales Associate, A&F Kids, Toronto ON, June 2012-August 2012

Professional Certificates Access to Information and Protection of Privacy, Office of the General Counsel and Board Secretariat at Ryerson. Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, Environmental Health and Safety at Ryerson. Environmental Health and Safety, Environmental Health and Safety at Ryerson University. Customer Service Standard Certificate, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), Human Resources at Ryerson University. Workplace Violence Prevention & Response Certificate, Human Resources at Ryerson University. Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans Certificate, Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics.